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铛

dāng

frying pan; warming vessel

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 当 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (45%)

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appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells

⿰钅当 i

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Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

dāng

当

appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells

6 strokes HSK 3

⺌

3 strokes

jì

彐

snout

3 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 铛 (9)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

铃铛 ↗

língdang

little bell / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

língdang

铃铛 ↗

little bell / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

clank / clang / sound of metal

dāng

铛 ↗

clank / clang / sound of metal

锒铛 ↗

lángdāng

iron chains / shackles / (onom.) clank

lángdāng

锒铛 ↗

iron chains / shackles / (onom.) clank

铛铛车 ↗

dāngdāngchē

(coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956 / also written [[噹噹車|当当车<dāngdāngchē>]]

dāngdāngchē

铛铛车 ↗

(coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956 / also written [[噹噹車|当当车<dāngdāngchē>]]

铛铛 ↗

dāngdāng

(onom.) clang / clank of metal / sound of striking a gong

dāngdāng

铛铛 ↗

(onom.) clang / clank of metal / sound of striking a gong

锒铛入狱 ↗

lángdāngrùyù

lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom) / fig. to be put behind bars / to get jailed

lángdāngrùyù

锒铛入狱 ↗

lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom) / fig. to be put behind bars / to get jailed

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine

dǐngchēngyùshí

鼎铛玉石 ↗

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine